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Free adult scrapbooking offered at the Eminence Community Life Center from 10 a.m. to noon, on Thursdays.

Christmas Events

Breakfast with Santa will be held from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Henry County Middle School. Come join Santa for a pancake breakfast, magic show, picture with Santa and door prizes. $4 per person.

Bullying is one of the most common forms of violence seen in schools. A national survey conducted by the federal government in 2007-08 found that more than 55 million school-aged children have reported being a victim of bullying.

There are many different ways a child can be bullied. Bullying can range from simple name calling to physical altercations. Today cyber-bullying has grown in popularity. Children can experience bullying while online and their offenders often remain anonymous.

A Henry County High School sophomore recently was named to the Kentucky Music Educators Association’s All-State Women’s Choir.

Lauren Montgomery, who transferred to HCHS this year when her family moved from Deer Park, Texas, a suburb of Houston, auditioned in October for the choir. She is the daughter of Buzz and Denise Grigsby of Campbellsburg.

Voters in New Castle will answer two alcohol questions in a special election on Dec. 13.
Circuit Court Judge Karen Conrad ruled last week that a local-option vote to allow alcohol sales within the city could proceed. She also ruled that the local-option election in New Castle could be held on the same day as the countywide option vote.

Hussey Copper employees at the company’s two plants in Eminence, should have no worries regarding the recent bankruptcy sale, according to the company’s President and CEO, Roy D. Allen.
Allen, who has operated the company since 1984, said the company was forced to file for bankruptcy Sept. 27, blaming losses on consultants the company had hired to help refinance its operations.

In an attempt to keep magistrates informed, Henry County Judge-Executive John Logan Brent stepped on a few toes.
During the Nov. 15 Fiscal Court meeting, Sheriff Danny Cravens, while discussing the department’s budget, brought up a memo sent to the magistrates earlier this year stating that the sheriff’s department was behind on payroll.
“Yes, we got behind on payroll,” Cravens said, “but that happens.”

Since Nov. 1, Pleasureville resident Victor Fallis has been hoping that whoever has his dog will return her, alive and well.
Fallis said Monday that he had built a pen for his 2-year-old German shepherd, Cierra, in the back yard of his home, but that the dog was too smart. Cierra figured a way out. By the time he returned home that day from work, she was gone.

Free adult scrapbooking offered at the Eminence Community Life Center from 10 a.m. to noon, on Thursdays.

Christmas Activities

Breakfast with Santa will be held from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Henry County Middle School. Come join Santa with a pancake breakfast, magic show, picture with Santa and door prizes! $4 per person.